Norwegians in the Civil War
KLOSTER, Larson Jens
IA 16th Inf Co K. Residence: Military Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Residence could be Fayette, Iowa.] From Klosteroen, Bergens Diocese, Norway. Civil War: Age 26. Enlisted 18 Oct 1864. Mustered 18 Oct 1864. Private. Died 26 Dec 1864, Savannah, Georgia, of sunstroke during a march to Richmond, Virginia [site of a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp]. Sources: (ISW-II p1140) (Ulvestad p301) “Kloster, Jens Larson”